Linkage Program

I was just having a discussion with my dad about gears. Every now and then, I think about how to add gearing to the Linkage program and I think that I now have a way to do it. I’m writing down the ideas for future reference, and because…

I am a big believer in owning things. I don’t license my TV for use, and I don’t license my car for use. I also think that when you pay for software, that you are buying a copy of it, not buying a license to use it. If…

The latest version of Linkage 2 is available here. New or Different The arrow keys will now step the simulation forwards and backwards. The old [ and ] keys still work. Holding the shift key while pressing a left or right arrow will step the simulation 10 steps…

I discovered that my code was using the screen zoom in one of the DXF export calculations, and that the math used to guess at a good connector radius was not quite right. After fixing those two issues, I also made a change to improve the solid link…

The Linkage program is showing a really weird bug. Bug In the picture, it is obvious that the dotted line that is the arc between two connectors A & C, is not passing through the sliding connector D. This gets worse with time until the triangle shaped link…

I lost some old emails from people who wanted to use the Linkage program on Windows XP. This post is my only way of letting anyone know that I recently built the program for XP. I have not yet tested it. I don’t have a Windows XP system…

While designing the lift mechanism for the new rolling ball sculpture, I found myself using a paint program and a lot of manual work to get printed plans with a 1:1 scale factor. In other words, I wanted printouts that were the actual size of the mechanism. This…

I finished the minimal work necessary to use the new installation package. I don’t have time to do more extensive work on it but I think that it is good enough to send out. The user cannot pick a destination for the install and the program is installed…